The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA, www.osha.gov) has renewed its alliance with the Industrial Truck Association (ITA, http://www.indtrk.org/). The organizations will continue their efforts to provide employers and employees with training resources on the proper operation and use of powered ...

Lo-Co Safety Valve, LLC, has developed a safety shut-off valve that can be easily retrofitted or customized to fit any piece of Industrial or Commercial fluid power equipment. The Lo-Co SMART Valve is smart enough to detect the difference between a flow surge during normal equipment operation and a line break. If a line breaks, the SMART Valve ...

Ford Motor Company and Automotive Components Holdings, LLC (ACH) have renewed a partnership with the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), to continue efforts of emphasizing the importance of health and safety conditions in its manufacturing facilities.   The ...

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and its Alliance Program members prepare to educate the public on workplace safety and prevention during North American Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week.   Combining OSHA and their Alliance Program members, ASSE and their ...

Renewing its alliance with the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA), the Occupational Safety and Health Alliance (OSHA) continues its development of preventive measures for biological safety issues in the American workplace.   ''We are pleased to renew our alliance with ABSA and expect the next two years to be as successful as the ...

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has expressed concern over the recent lawsuit filed by industry groups challenging the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) use of threshold limit values (TLVs) used to communicate the risk of exposure limits to chemical hazards through OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom). ...

OSHA has issued new workplace safety and health guidance for helping employers prepare for an influenza pandemic.   Planning for a pandemic flu strand for business and industry is vital to minimize the pandemic’s impact on the workplace. The agency includes general guidance for all types of workplaces and describes the differences between ...